>> katie: good morning, i'm katie marzullo. glad to be with you. let's start off with a quick look at the weather. here is lisa argen. >> we are starting out in san francisco this morning where we've had a little bit of mist and drizzle around the coast and we are looking at the fog across the bay in oakland all the way down toward half moon bay and monterey. temperatures are in the 50s across the bay. it's beginning to erode a little bit. sea breeze is going to keep things comfortable around the bay today and keeping temperatures not getting too warm. gh temperature at 3:00 in

the afternoon should put you in the low 70s under sunshine. 60s around the coast and temperatures should climb to the 80s today and mid and upper 80s from the livermore valley and through the delta. it will be breezy and one day of the weekend and i'll tell you which one for the week ahead. we have breaking news in san jose. police are investigating a city's 30th homicide of the year. a 19-year-old woman was shot while riding in a car just before 1:30 in a car. 21-year-old who was driving the car stopped at south second street and called 911. the woman was taken to the hospital where she died just after 2:00 this morning. police have not identified any suspects found not revealed a motive. unions and bart a management will be back at the bargaining table with less than 48 hours until the

strike deadline. they left talks last night giving no indication that a breakthrough was imminent. here is the latest on the negotiations from oakland. >> reporter: the lead negotiator pushed through reporters and talked while he walked about ongoing negotiations. >> i would say as long as we continue to meet there is progress. >> just before 8:00 p.m., the talks ended with the sunday night deadline looming. >> there is no discussion about extending the contract. >> a union negotiator and train operator, he says about ten minutes of negotiations on bart's lead negotiator. >> the people have a vested interest to keep bart going. they would like to talk more. when he shortstop room, they are not free to express their opinions bart's general

manager spent plenty of time defending hawk that attacks on him is part of the union strategy. she says labor and pension costs have to be controlled because of needed improvements. >> are system is 40 years old. we are out of trains. we had to order a complete new set of trains. >> a bart fare increase that kicks in early next year will fund the capital improvement but any wage increases will have to come in somewhere else and federal funds are unavailable. >> governor brown has the authority to issue a 60-day cooling off period but a spokesman says he has been monitored the situation and has not received a request from either bart or the unions. car-pooling could be the key to reducing traffic if there is a strike. officials expect 10% more traffic this time compared to the first strike last month. many commuters are expected

to turn to ride sharing. ride sharing app karma is even going to give cash back. another option is ferries. bay ferry will run extra boats. there will be 13 vessels system wide instead of the normal eight. golden gate transit won't have more service but two other boats will be used by bay ferry. samtrans says it will provide a shuttle service from the daly city and colma bart stations. caltrain may add additional service but that is just as trains and crews are available. a.c. transit plans to add buses and bart still hopes to round up 95 buses with the

possible addition of concord and san leandro. new poll from the bay area council suggests that public is largely opposed to a strike. they find 70% of those surveys are against the walkout and 30% support it. >> we're losing money and time. >> she almost lost her job when bart went on strike. she commutes in from the east bay. she works at a tech company and says her employer is not lenient when it comes to attendance and family. >> last bart strike there was a requirement to be here. it was a huge inconvenience. i had to find a way to get him to school and get to work on time. >> after work when she couldn't pick up her son on time she paid the price. >> it cost me almost $120 just for the late fee. >> those bills add up area

council estimates the economic impact. >> it costs us about 7 3 million a day. so that -- $73 million a day, people sitting in traffic to get people where they are going. >> that doesn't include the trickle down effect. the bartender says the business depends on people being able to get to work. >> a lot of our customers we have a busy lunch crowd and if they are not making it to work, then we don't have a lunch business. >> fewer customers and fewer dollars. >> the business where we are, we need the customers. it affects everybody. >> campbell like so many others hope bart and unions can come to an agreement without a strike. a range

resources at abc7news.com, alternative transit options and realtime traffic maps. download the exclusive waze traffic app. follow us on twitter for breaking news updates. >> because of the possible strike, abc7 morning news will begin half an hour earlier than normal at 4:00 a.m. on monday. eric thomas and kristen sze will anchor our coverage. join us at 4:00 a.m. on abc7 morning news. >> oakland fire department is investigating a cause of overnight house fire that critically injured a resident. they arrived at the home just after 3:00 a.m. they rescued a man inside the home and took him to the hospital. it took firefighters about 16 minutes to bring the flames under control. investigators say the fire does not appear to be

suspicious. >> in developing news, investigators in oakland are trying to find clues into the 58th homicide of year. sky7hd was over the scene last night. officers found one man dead at the scene there. police have yet to say if anyone else was injured and have not released details on what happened. today a countywide gun buy-back event will be held at three east bay locations. several local police departments are taking part. officers will exchange working firearms for gift cards. no questions asked. residents can receive up to $200 for an assault weapon, $100 for handgun and $50 for shotguns or leifls. they say the firearms must be unloaded with the safety on. the buy back will be held at these three locations you see on the screen.

oakland will unveil a second downtown plaza that they hope it will draw people to the area. this is an artist's rendering of the pilot project that is located on telegraph avenue. oakland tribune reports weekly entertainment. several local property owners say it may disrupt traffic. plaza begins a three-month trial run on august 16th. more shocking details have been revealed in the case two of lake county man m en charged with sexually assaulting a teenager. they appeared in court yesterday. they pleaded not guilty to the charges which include trafficking marijuana. in court records 15-year-old girl klialgs the men kept her

inside a box. they sometimes shocked her with a cattle prod. they also face weapons charges for an arsenal he kept on the property. >> a former superior judge that built go ahead his neighborhood out of $1.6 million now gets five years probation. through a plea deal he avoided what might have been a lengthy prison term. the judge was accused of stealing money from his elderly neighbor over the course of 13 years. under the plea, he will be banned from holding judicial office and disbarred from practicing law in california. >> it's a little gray morning but that will change. >> a cool but clear start but back home, take a look at the bay bridge, temperatures are in the 50s. san francisco at the airport beginning to brighten up as well as oakland.

we'll talk about the warmer day of the weekend from upper 80s and then a cooldown. this one will last a few days. up next, a warning for travelers, government says it's too dangerous to visit places overseas right now. we have reaction from people who aren't getting on planes. here we go. bay are

this morning, environmental activists are planning to protest in richmond outside the chevron refinery. they will start at the richmond bart station before marching two miles to the refinery. they plan to protest there until 1:00. demonstration is being held before the first anniversary of chevron's fire. they say it's the dirtiest of all fossil fuels and is climate change threat.

they are demanding improved plant safety and investment in clean energy jobs. u.s. embassies or high alert this morning and americans are being warned about a credible terrorist threat. alan wang has reaction at the international terminal at sfo. >> its global travel alert but the u.s. is concentrating much of the attention on muslim world. abc news spoke exclusively with the joint chief. >> it's western, not just u.s. interests. >> the alert expires at the end of the month but one of the highest middle east travel agents. >> some people don't take night account when the u.s. does this because they have done it so many times. >> that reflects the comments that most travelers we

to. a former case officer of the middle east but the threat in the region appears to be very real. >> i would say if you don't of our jentd business you shouldn't go. >> closing 20 embassies is a sign that a they believe to be a credible threat. >> it has to be fairly specific. the source is the phone calls that are probably pretty well known. my only question is will they do it. >> they have created diversions before and they can do it again. hence the global travel alert. at sfo, alan wang, "abc 7 news." >> advocates are protesting anti-gay laws in russia.

they poured vodka on growing boycott of russian products that imposes new law fines on people that hold gay pride rallies. remember the embarcadero freeway. officially it was interstate 480. double-decker highway that cut through south of market neighborhood and along the waterfront. it's been 22 years since it was torn downed and freeway rubble is replaced with businesses and condos and skyscrapers. building boom is not over. >> south of market neighborhood and you'll see a whirlwind of construction. >> it will be the biggest change to the skyline. >> he is with spur, a

non-that wants smarted urban renewal. most of that centers around this state site. the transbay terminal will be the grand central station to the west. linking travel modes all under one roof. this animation provided by the terminal planners shows what the center will look like when it is completed in 2017. >> the idea for the transit center was to create a national model and to make transit more accessible and available and to surround the access with high density development. >> in 1980's san francisco saw a backlash against high density projects. critics worried the new high-rises would threaten parks and lead to the manhattanization of the city.

but since the 1980's, demographics have shifted significantly and so has public opinion. >> and developers will build centerpiece of the new development. the tower will rise more than thousand feet. making it most visible building in the city. >> it's beginning to move forward. one block radius, surrounding the transit center, there are four buildings that are under construction. >> nearly two dozen projects have been approved between second street an bait. these architectural rendering show some of the projects currently under construction or about to break ground. it includes the lumina, 655 condominiums at maine and folsom streets. they will will go on sale next june.

putting houses and jobs together and people can interact and have that spontaneous interaction is what people crave. family and friends of the belmont little league team came out to watch the kids in playoff action. a viewing party was held at high school yesterday. teen played arizona in the first game. sean lee was the starting pitch belmont all-stars. >> he has a curveball and knuckle. he pretty much has everything. >> sounds like everything. and sports director larry beil will be along later to tell you how they did. nice to see the fans gathering. exciting time. exciting weather? >> it's okay. no real heat around the bay but today will be the warmer

day of the weekend. as we look out in the east bay, toward the delta, very pleasant with mid to upper 80s. live doppler 7-hd showing the radar on top of mount st. helena. plenty of low clouds but up in the north bay where visibility has been reduced. bay bridge, we are beginning to see a little bit of sunshine over in oakland. it's 57 in mountain view. good morning, san jose. cloudy for you at 56. we are looking at half boon may, 54 and temperatures in and around san jose will still be below the average. a lot like yesterday, in the upper 70s. usually we'll see lower 70s and several days below average. even cooler today. concord is 58. sunny for you and napa is at 56. 52 with the fog in santa rosa. here is the fog. look at the footprint. you can see all around the north bay.

a little bit of a hole in parts of marin county and all the way down along the central coast, as well. we are looking at that steady onshore flow, sea breeze of 10-15 miles an hour. upper elevations by the delta and in and around the bayshore but a trough that will slide to the south tomorrow. this will allow for not only the steady sea breeze but a cooler air mass to head our dropping the numbers by tuesday into wednesday. so we're not talking any more about upper 80s. come down from our readings today. 78 today in san jose. look for 75 in milpitas. 74 san mateo. look for upper 70s mountain view and very little change in san francisco, partly cloudy and 65. in the north bay there is a rain from the low 90s up through ukiah. low 80s in novato.

vallejo a comfortable 78 and mid-70s in fremont. out over the hills, it's going to feel like summer, 83 in pleasanton and upper 80s in brentwood. seven-day forecast, a little cooling gets underway for the second half of the weekend. numbers will trend below average by the early part of the week with 50s coast, low 70s bay and very little change until we head towards the end of the week and even when we do warmup it will be very modest at best. still below average. it will feel pretty nice. congress is heading out for a summer vacation and some say the time off is a bad idea right now.

>> developing news, pg&e is working to restore power 5700 customers in san leandro. two outages knocked out power this morning. cause is not known but we are learning just under 2,000 customers are still affected but there is no estimate on when power to everyone else will be restored. despite the budget battle, impasse in washington, lawmakers are taking their summer break, five weeks of vacation. by this time last year, they sent 64 bills to the president but half were

minor. this week the house and senate have passed only 26 bills for president obama to sign into law. >> talk about a mad dash, members of congress leaving the capital, grabbing their bags and heading home for five week vacation. gone and time to pass big pieces for the country. >> you work until you get it all done. >> vacationing in the nation's capital. some can't believe it. >> average workingman is two weeks of vacation. >> look at the calendar. once they return, the house will have just nine working days before the end of the budget year. senate just a few more. >> my goodness. list of important things that can be done in the congress is as long as my arm.

>> the senate met only for 96 working days. they were out of session for 53 disdays. house worked 102 days. worry, we are headed to another fiscal cliff. we tried to talk to several members but none wanted to stop to talk about the paid five weeks totaling nine million dollars in salary. >> the entire time? >> on the house side, democrats complain the republicans aren't getting anything done but they are still headed home. as for the speaker. >> it's after vacation. >> still ahead, a rare decision by the u.s. supreme court. vote that could set thousands of inmates free. >> and reported on the new bay bridge.

welcome back. coming up on 8:30. we want to start with a quick look at the weather. >> starting out in the south bay, good morning san jose, temperatures in the mid-50s. even though it will be shy of the average 83. 58 in concord. santa rosa, lots of fog down through napa and novato with low 50s. most of the south bay will be pleasant and low 70s should be the high end around oakland. clouds are hanging tough to the shoreline but that is the usual this time of the year. high pressure is in control and it weakens tomorrow so 80s are coming down. how much and how long the cooling trend is going to stick around. thank you, lisa. >> and u.s. supreme court

have ordered the jails to release thousands of inmates. they have been fighting to stop that but the governor has run out of options. nannette miranda. >> governor brown california's prison population can't be reduced any further, the u.s. supreme court refused to stop to ease overcrowding. the ruling in decades oh old case is a victory for inmates. they said healthcare fails to meet constitutionality standards. >> the overcrowding still stands in the way of an effective remedy for the health problems that plague california. >> they have reduced the prison population by 46,000 since 2006. but the courts have continually said that is not enough. state needs to shave another 10,000 in less than five

months. >> governor brown is really out of legal options at this point. he risks contempt of court charges by f he didn't comply by the end of the year. >> they have been identified as eligible for medical parole. a along with more than 800 men throughout the system. contracts with out of state prisons have been extended and sentences are being recalculated for those with good time credit and completion of rehab programs. >> this is absolutely insane. >> the numbers were slightly up for 2012. >> unfortunately, they have already shifted, those they consider low risk inmates to the county. all that is left is serious and violent criminals. >> the legislature has until mid-september to pass laws or approve funding that enables the state to further cut the

prison population. this afternoon, family members and supporters of nearly 400 california inmates who are on week long hunger strike held a rally outside san quentin. they want them to meet their demands. they claim that conditions amount to torture. corrections department insist the conditions are not inhumane. they say they get cable tv and daily contact with staff. new this morning, president obama is calling on congress to act on his plan which he says a better bargain for the middle-class. in his weekly address the president says the country has fought its way back from the recession and started to lay a foundation for stronger growth. he says more work needs to be done. middle-class families need help getting good jobs and owning homes and securing retirement. >> there are no gimmicks when

it comes to creating jobs. there are no tricks to help the economy. reversing the situation won't be easy but if we work together and take a few bold steps and if is washington is willing to focus on what really matters, we can grow our economy and give the middle-class a better bargain. senator susan collins delivered the g.o.p. address. she says obamacare discourages small businesses from creating jobs and hiring new employees. bay bridge officials are putting more pieces of the new span under the microscope after dozens of rods snapped earlier this year. they started testing a series of steel anchor rods. it potentially weakens the safety features. crews are making custom steel saddles to fix that problem. they are undergoing tests to find out what will happen.

>> we want to make sure that we take this very seriously. we take safety seriously. we want to make sure the bridge is safe not only when it opens to the public but years down the road. >> so far caltrans has not found any additional problems. officials have not set a date for the opening of the new eastern span. they spent time in graduate school learning about learning. now, they are face wad masters thesis to build a product to change education. jonathan bloom has a look what they came up with at the stanford education technology. >> in a room milling with people, one salesman playing guitar. his computer can hear it. >> we analyze if they are playing it correctly. it's kind of like guitar hero but real guitar. >> danny is a stanford grad student and this is final

project for learning design and technology. he is presenting it at the expo. >> megan build a toy called dr. wagon where you arrange blocks. >> kids can get exposed to the basics of programming by using tangible objects. >> it has the faculty impressed. >> these students put together some really amazing things that has something to do with learning. >> they have gotten pa past the discerning eye of professors. now, they want to go to the public including investors and real life students. >> you see it in the hands of real users, they give us feedback, that is awesome. that is most rewarding part. >> that was a kit for dad to build things with their daughters. >> if they wanted to spend time with their daughters,

they had no idea how to. it teaches girls engineering is creative and social. >> we wanted to design an experience where the daughter can teach the dad and also creating art together. >> you are never too old to learn. >> couples spend quite a bit of time on technology on ipad and iphone. >> the app comes to bring them back together with thought-provoking questions. >> to try and facilitate. >> this in turn is the connection for the students. as they go on to change the face of education. >> members of the america's cup team are presenting sweden say they are overcoming a hardship and making tremendous progress. they suffered a tragic loss. a new boat had to be shipped in and that along with other delays have the team playing

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out how to watch abc. enter your account information and get the watch abc live stream. you can search watch abc to download the app. >> a car slams into a marketed and there is a fight to keep the mom and pop business from keeping closing doors forever. live look, 8:39. good news weather-wise in lake tahoe. 80 and sunny and what else is happening and where in the

small mom and pop market are struggling after a car

slammed into the store two years ago. it happened on russian hill and legal fight that has followed have nearly drove the owners out of the business. >> surveillance video caught the yellow cab as it ran the stop sign and put the sedan that spun through the intersection and ran into the front of the new russian hill market. three days later, they were throwing out food and it might cost them months of business. >> it took me month, two months, six months. >> they never knew it was going to be ten months. insurance paid repaired and store's insurance paid $121,000 but the store's owner says is not enough. >> you have to pay the pg&e bill, insurance, you have to pay whatever bills comes through the door. >> customers were coming

throug the door, the two brothers say they would survive but the ten months they were closed, a lot of regulars found someone where else to shop. >> they would go to one of other markets. >> you close for ten months they go to other stores. >> now they are sparsely stocked. they have run out capital to restock. they blame yellow cab for dragging out the legal fight. >> we're not sure why they don't want to sit down and talk. >> the lawyer for yellow cab says there is a dispute as to the damages claimed above the insurance proceeds. insurance company has filed its own action. two cases will be consolidated. yellow cab is prepared to attend a mediation to resolve all issues. in fact, it could be many more months the brothers want damages amounting to over a million dollars. because the insurance company only recently filed its own action, the december trial

date will be pushed to the middle of next year. >> there is no way that we can hold off to next year. >> brothers say the families had the business for close to 20 years. this market crash could close them. what should we do when we head out this morning? >> temperatures today in the city will be cool, but brightening up here in the east bay. oakland right now in the upper 50s but a high of 72. tomorrow will be the cooler day. i'll pinpointed the cooldown and the highs today coming up. >> the a's are trying to sign on the first wave but last night's game texas did not help. up next in spo

8:47 and we need check on the forecast and if, when and where. >> lots of questions because it is getting brighter and down by the airport. we are looking still the gray skies down around san jose. live doppler 7-hd this morning. we're not looking at any rain despite the fact that cooler air mass and tropical pressure so the way for the second half of the weekend. still august in san francisco with low clouds and fog. roof camera looking at lots of gray. 54 in san francisco. mountain view, 57. 56 for you and half moon bay at 54. north end of the bay has been cloudy with the fog in santa rosa.

mount tam, marine layer is about 2,000 feet and depth of the fog is slowly erode bringing in sunshine. concord is sunny at 58. 59 at livermore. sunny and warm afternoon in inland east bay. and pretty gray out there but it will be nice mild afternoon across the bay in oakland hopefully bringing the a's some luck. mist and drizzle at the shoreline to start. mild temperatures there, even with the cloud cover, few peeks of sun across stinson beach. we're looking at the cooling trend right through the middle of the week. cooler air mass is heading to the south. steady onshore flow, we are trending downwards next couple of days. temperatures will be running a little below average by the middle of the week. warm end in the upper 80s that will give us a 30-degree

temperature spread and no 90s and lack of summer heat again. if you are hoping for those sunny beaches -- not today. it will be sunny and on the warm side in the valley but you would expect that this time of the year. 92 in sacramento with 92 in fresno. mid-90s in yosemite with haze out towards chico. another warm one in chico. temperatures will range from upper 50s to near 60 in half moon bay. couple hours of sunshine across parts of the shoreline. otherwise, fog will quickly move back across the bay but between now and then, 74 in san mateo. 80 up in napa. 78 in vallejo as well as san jose. kneeling pretty good at livermore at 85. if you are headed to the a's game today, beautiful afternoon, mid 60s. low 70s in the afternoon. we cool off tomorrow and that

will take us through monday and tuesday. morning clouds, maybe some drizzle and 70s and low 80s for the middle of the week. cloudy and 50s at the coast. we don't have the extremes which is kind of nice. >> we'll take it. in sports, first place a's will try to cool off the second place rangers at the coliseum. texas gained more ground on oakland. here a larry beil. >> good morning. just last week, it looked like the a's might runway away with the title but the rangers are back, now just 2 1/2 behind. ricky henderson -- no doubt about that. rangers pitcher walked five batters in four innings including the score in the double in the first.

2-0 a's. rakers tie it in the second. nelson cruz waiting for his biogenesis suspension but talent prospect. tommy malone was yanked allowed six runs and rangers roll to their fifth straight victory. giants in tampa and not having any fun. madison bumgarner was. 7 innings, struck out 11. brandon bell, in a slump that would be the slump-bus tr, gone! he tripled and singled. 1-1 game. brandon crawford says aloha! two-run bomb, giants take the series opener in tampa. could this be the catch of the year? angels outfielder, he robs

jose batista at the wall. he got it. even though it landed over the wall, it is an out! angels won the game 7-5. little league baseball, belmont regional shores, this game was all belmont. they jump out to 3-0 lead. pitcher sean lee is bringing it. 14 strikeouts. in the fourth, brad might be, could be and it is gone. they cruise 8-0 and play hawaii in their next game. >> raiders have signed a player to a contract extension worth just under 19 middle. he is the highest paid kicker in football. he is 35 years old. made 31 of 34 field goal

attempts. >> tiger woods hasn't won a major in five years. he is still quite capable. he started two back and took care of that in a hurry. birdie on one and eagle on 2. was five under and made a run at 59 but settled for a nine under 61. leads by 7 strokes at 13 under par. that is wrap on morning sports. mike shumann will be here for all your highlights at 5:00, 6:00, 9:00 and 11:00. >> powerball fever is back

update to a story we brought you a short time, about a large power outage in san leandro, more than 5700 customers without power, all power has been restored.

pg&e has traced their problem to an underground cable at grant street substation. we understand repairs are ongoing. >> here are the winning numbers from $13 million mega millions draw. mega number was 4. nobody correctly picked all six. >> now, not as good as this. only been three months since powerball fever gripped the nation and now it is back. it will top $300 million. that is $172 million. chances of winning is 1 in 175 million. a florida woman won $590 million back in may. 13th annual art festival kicks off in downtown oakland. it features nonstop music and

what organizers say the largest family fun zone. it gets underway at noon. runs until 8:00 until night, noon until 6:00 tomorrow night. admission is ten dollars for adults and kids under 12 is free. >> sixth annual beaver festival is being held in martinez. it celebrates a family of beavers in the creek. there will be wildlife displays along with live music. also, there a team of students from whitman college from washington state. they are actually filming a documentary that will include the martinez beavers. it's from 11:00 to 4:00. lots of activities for people in all different places around the bay area. most will see sun? >> still looking at the fog here in the city and across the bay. onshore flow keeping it a little cool around the bay.

we're brightening up already and 72 in oakland. 65 in and upper 70s and cooler tomorrow. >> lesa. thank you.

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